CNS Occasional Papers: #11

Commercial Radioactive Sources: Surveying the Security Risks

Charles D. Ferguson, Tahseen Kazi, and Judith Perera
January 2003

Appendices updated July 2003

This occasional paper focuses on the security of
commercial radioactive sources, the sources that represent a significant
category of radioactive materials that are widely used throughout the world for
beneficial applications in medicine and industry, and--until
recently--have not been considered high security
risks.